Rate My Professor Milin Shah

Associate Professor Milin Shah serves in the School of Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM:MECE), Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering from Gujarat University and a Doctor of Philosophy from Curtin University. Throughout his career at Curtin, he has held positions including Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering before advancing to Associate Professor. Shah teaches essential undergraduate courses such as Transport Phenomena (CHEN3001), Process Mass Transfer (CHEN2003), and Chemical Reaction Engineering (CHEN3010), contributing to the education of future chemical engineers.

His research centers on chemical reaction engineering, multiphase flows, fluidization, and computational fluid dynamics, with applications in gas-solid flow modeling, drag correlations, and process intensification. Notable contributions include studies on hydrodynamics in fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) risers, Eulerian-Eulerian simulations, and CFD-DEM predictions for bubbling fluidized beds. Key publications encompass 'Droplet impact dynamics on a spherical particle' (Mitra et al., 2013), 'Computational fluid dynamic modelling of FCC riser: A review' (Shah et al., 2016), 'Effect of drag models on CFD–DEM predictions of bubbling fluidized beds with Geldart D particles' (Agrawal et al., 2018), 'Hydrodynamics of an FCC riser using energy minimization multiscale drag model' (Shah et al., 2011), and 'Simulations and Optimization of a Reduced CO2 Emission Process for Methanol Production Using Syngas from Bi-reforming' (Acquarola et al., 2021). With approximately 942 citations on Google Scholar, his work influences advancements in multiphase reactor design and sustainable processes. Shah participates in funded projects on thermal energy storage, methane dry reforming, and biological hydrogen production. His team received the top Curtinnovation Award in 2023 for a green hydrogen project involving biological carbon capture via Hydrobe technology. Additionally, he was recognized in the 2021 I&EC Research Excellence in Review Awards as an outstanding reviewer.